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1adict [-d dictionary] [pattern]
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3	adict with no arguments opens a window that displays all the currently
4available dictionaries.  To select a dictionary, click the right mouse button on
5its name.
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7-d dictionary	Opens a window that interfaces to the specified dictionary.  To
8	look up a word, enter it in the window, and click the right mouse button on it.
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10[pattern]	If no dictionary is specified, adict looks up the pattern in "oed" (Oxford
11	English Dictionary).  If more than one entry is found, adict opens a window
12	displaying the headers of the matching entries.  To display a particular entry
13	click the right mouse button on the number to its left.
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15Quit		Exit and remove all windows associated with this one.
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17Nmatch	Display the next matching entry.
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19Next		Display the next entry in the dictionary.
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21Prev		Display the previous entry in the dictionary.
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23	Nmatch works independently of Prev and Next.
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25	Any word in the window displaying an entry can be looked up in the selected
26dictionary by clicking the right mouse button on that word.